Chimney Swift

Description

• Small, sooty brown bird, 12 to 14 centimetres long with long slender wings and light-coloured throat
• Distinguished by acrobatic and erratic flight pattern
• Catches its prey (insects) in flight
• Mostly found in urban areas where it nests in chimneys and other human-made structures

Range

• Widely distributed in southern Ontario, with confirmed breeding populations in Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury and the Rainy Lake District